Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Seen Elsewhere 02/09/2011

"Early thoughts of a bumper television deal, worth as much as £10m, have proved wildly optimistic; a fifth of that figure may not be collected. Competing associations will cover costs but are not banking on sharing a meaningful commercial surplus. Wales has been mooted as the host of the tournament in two years; time; that prospect is fully dependent on this first run proving successful."

Campaigns

George Robertson

"Devolution will kill nationalism stone dead...."

Sir Edward Carson

“I appeal to the [British] Government to keep Ulster in their united Parliament. I cannot understand why we should ask them to take a Parliament which they have never demanded, and which they do not want.”

Rabbie Burns

Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.

Winston Churchill

"The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst."